The Saga Continues

According to the Spanish newspaper AS, Ronaldo has claimed he wants to be allowed to go to Madrid and he won't negotiate any other arrangement than that. It is an interesting turn of events and a bad day to be a United fan. Of course I am wary of taking any comments from any Spanish paper seriously, but if these quotes are true, what changed?

It was only 2 weeks ago, Fergie and Ronaldo meet in Portugal. After the meeting it seemed clear that Ronaldo will be a Red Devil the next season, this is apparently not what the Portuguese midfielder wanted. His remarks are simple and are sharp. He said, "Everything is fine. Next week I will return to England and tell them that my only desire is to play for Real Madrid and that I will not negotiate."

Ronaldo has finally become a man, ladies and gentleman. I say this with concept in mind, he finally took a stand and stopped playing both sides. Just because he has become a man and stopped acting like a small child, his decision is baffling. It doesn't seem to me, that joining Madrid will further his career. United are a bigger team than Madrid, financial and in a study by a University. We have world class young talent and the ability to go on and win more major trophies. Ronaldo is lured by the old power of Europe, an old power that very well could become the new power with the acquisition of Ronaldo.

I believe this is a blessing in disguise for United. We will not get full value because of Ronaldo's comments. He obviously does not want to play for United anymore and his "only desire" is to play for Madrid. This gives Madrid the advantage in negotiations. This is bad news for United, but won't necessarily mean we won't see a huge price for the winger. If United sell, than they well sell high, if we sell Ronaldo, we will bring in a replacement and other to fill the void left by him.

United is bigger than one player, and I can honestly say I was disgusted with the fact Ronaldo would put on a United jersey again. He simply doesn't deserve to play for this club, to me this club is different than other clubs. You have to earn the right to play for us, and earn the right to be a fan favorite. once you become a fan favorite, you stay that way. No matter if you drop in form, case and point Diego Forlan. He couldn't buy a goal, but his work ethic, and big goals against Liverpool made him a fan favorite. Many where sad to see Diego leave United and go to Spain. Ronaldo seemed to finally grow fully on the fans this season, he scores more goals than arguable our greatest United player, George Best, he won the champions league, the EPL twice, and now he wants to leave. He finally admits he wants to leave in the last day of July, giving United only 31 days to find a replacement and other players.

In the mean time he jerks the fans around of both clubs and plays this its in God's hands. It seems he is taking it out of God's hands and putting it into his own. But that doesn't surprise me because he thinks he is God. I am glad to see him leave the club if he does in fact leave, I can only hope we find the necessary talent to fill the void left by Ronaldo.